The life and work of Margaret M Smith
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Smith, Margaret Mary
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:15054 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020236
- Description: From Conclusion: During her remarkable scientific career, Margaret Smith has progressed from lecturer to technician, artist and taxonomist, and now enters a new phase in retirement as the senior editor of the revision of her husband’s book ‘The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa’. Up until the end of 1981, she had co-authored three books, edited three books and authored or co-authored 35 scientific papers and numerous popular articles. She had produced about two thousand colour and black and white illustrations of the fishes of southern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean. Four fish species have been named for her — Simochromis margaretae from Lake Tanganyika, Pseudocheilinus margaretae from Aldabra Island, Canthigaster smithae and Chlidichthys smithae from Mauritius and Trachurus margaretae from Durban. She has established a network of collaborating ichthyologists which is probably unique and which has resulted in the Ichthyology Institute in Grahamstown becoming a mecca for researchers in the field. Her infectious enthusiasm for fishes has also inspired a generation of anglers, naturalists, students, scholars and, especially, children in South Africa and abroad. We all salute this great lady, an accomplished musician, mother, artist, scientist, patriot, humanitarian, and above all, a humble and generous friend — Margaret Mary Smith.
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- Date Issued: 1982
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Smith, Margaret Mary
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:15054 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020236
- Description: From Conclusion: During her remarkable scientific career, Margaret Smith has progressed from lecturer to technician, artist and taxonomist, and now enters a new phase in retirement as the senior editor of the revision of her husband’s book ‘The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa’. Up until the end of 1981, she had co-authored three books, edited three books and authored or co-authored 35 scientific papers and numerous popular articles. She had produced about two thousand colour and black and white illustrations of the fishes of southern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean. Four fish species have been named for her — Simochromis margaretae from Lake Tanganyika, Pseudocheilinus margaretae from Aldabra Island, Canthigaster smithae and Chlidichthys smithae from Mauritius and Trachurus margaretae from Durban. She has established a network of collaborating ichthyologists which is probably unique and which has resulted in the Ichthyology Institute in Grahamstown becoming a mecca for researchers in the field. Her infectious enthusiasm for fishes has also inspired a generation of anglers, naturalists, students, scholars and, especially, children in South Africa and abroad. We all salute this great lady, an accomplished musician, mother, artist, scientist, patriot, humanitarian, and above all, a humble and generous friend — Margaret Mary Smith.
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- Date Issued: 1982
A review of the Labrid fishes of the genus Halichoeres of the Western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of six new species
- Randall, John E, 1924-, Smith, Margaret Mary
- Authors: Randall, John E, 1924- , Smith, Margaret Mary
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Halichoeres -- Indian Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:15000 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019709 , ISBN 0-86810-071-4 , Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 45
- Description: Fifteen species of the labrid fish genus Halichoeres occur in the western Indian Ocean (west of the southern tip of India): hortulanus (centiquadrus of many authors), scapularis, (ziczac is a synonym), marginatus (lamarii, ianthinus and virescens are synonyms), dussumieri (nigrescens of many authors; javanicus, dubius and dianthus are synonyms), pardaleocephalus (first western Indian Ocean record), hoevenii (vrolikii is a synonym), nebulosus (previously confused with margaritaceus which does not occur in the Indian Ocean), zeylonicus (bimaculatus of most authors is a synonym), lapillus, and six new species (stigmaticus, pelicieri, cosmetus, iridis, trispilus, and leucoxanthus). H. stigmaticus from the Persian Gulf is distinctive in having 28 lateral-line scales, 6 or 7 suborbital pores, and a U-shaped black mark on side above pectoral fin tips in males; H. pelicieri from Mauritius is a close relative of H. zeylonicus, differing chiefly in the colour of males (pelicieri with a broad blackish zone in dorsal fin and no large black spot on upper side); H. cosmetus, wide-ranging in the western Indian Ocean and a close relative of H. ornatissimus of the Pacific and Cocos-Keeling Islands, is alternately striped with bluish gray to green and salmon pink or yellow; H. iridis, also a species of the western Indian Ocean, has a dark brown body except for a red band along the back and an orange-yellow head with green bands; H. trispilus, known only from Mauritius and the Maldives, is pale pink with a diagonal row of three dark brown spots on upper caudal base and usually three black dots on back; H. leucoxanthus, known only from the Maldives, southwest Thailand and Java, is yellow dorsally and abruptly white on ventral half of body with a dark spot behind the eye, a black spot on upper caudal base, and three others in the dorsal fin. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1982
- Authors: Randall, John E, 1924- , Smith, Margaret Mary
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Halichoeres -- Indian Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:15000 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019709 , ISBN 0-86810-071-4 , Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 45
- Description: Fifteen species of the labrid fish genus Halichoeres occur in the western Indian Ocean (west of the southern tip of India): hortulanus (centiquadrus of many authors), scapularis, (ziczac is a synonym), marginatus (lamarii, ianthinus and virescens are synonyms), dussumieri (nigrescens of many authors; javanicus, dubius and dianthus are synonyms), pardaleocephalus (first western Indian Ocean record), hoevenii (vrolikii is a synonym), nebulosus (previously confused with margaritaceus which does not occur in the Indian Ocean), zeylonicus (bimaculatus of most authors is a synonym), lapillus, and six new species (stigmaticus, pelicieri, cosmetus, iridis, trispilus, and leucoxanthus). H. stigmaticus from the Persian Gulf is distinctive in having 28 lateral-line scales, 6 or 7 suborbital pores, and a U-shaped black mark on side above pectoral fin tips in males; H. pelicieri from Mauritius is a close relative of H. zeylonicus, differing chiefly in the colour of males (pelicieri with a broad blackish zone in dorsal fin and no large black spot on upper side); H. cosmetus, wide-ranging in the western Indian Ocean and a close relative of H. ornatissimus of the Pacific and Cocos-Keeling Islands, is alternately striped with bluish gray to green and salmon pink or yellow; H. iridis, also a species of the western Indian Ocean, has a dark brown body except for a red band along the back and an orange-yellow head with green bands; H. trispilus, known only from Mauritius and the Maldives, is pale pink with a diagonal row of three dark brown spots on upper caudal base and usually three black dots on back; H. leucoxanthus, known only from the Maldives, southwest Thailand and Java, is yellow dorsally and abruptly white on ventral half of body with a dark spot behind the eye, a black spot on upper caudal base, and three others in the dorsal fin. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1982
Serranid fishes of Tanzania and Kenya
- Authors: Morgans, J F C
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Serranidae -- Tanzania , Serranidae -- Kenya , Marine fishes -- Tanzania , Marine fishes -- Kenya
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:15003 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019719 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 46
- Description: Forty-three species of serranid fishes from Tanzania and Kenya are described and distinguished. Notes on the food, gonad condition, internal parasites, changes with growth, underwater observations of live fish, habitat, and coloration of live or fresh specimens are given for most species. Synoptic synonymies are given for each species, but no attempt was made to resolve taxonomic problems that required examination of type-specimens. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1982
- Authors: Morgans, J F C
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Serranidae -- Tanzania , Serranidae -- Kenya , Marine fishes -- Tanzania , Marine fishes -- Kenya
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:15003 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019719 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 46
- Description: Forty-three species of serranid fishes from Tanzania and Kenya are described and distinguished. Notes on the food, gonad condition, internal parasites, changes with growth, underwater observations of live fish, habitat, and coloration of live or fresh specimens are given for most species. Synoptic synonymies are given for each species, but no attempt was made to resolve taxonomic problems that required examination of type-specimens. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1982
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